Submission 22 Trivia Quiz

Answer: True

Five of the letters take a different form when used at the end of a word. Vowels are normally not used. To indicate vowel sounds, scholars have developed different sets of diacritical symbols called niqqud. These symbols are generally indicated below the individual letters, as dots or lines, changing the pronunciation of the individual letters. Hebrew is read from right to left.

Answer: Iron Maiden

The song is on Iron Maiden's third album, 'The Number of the Beast', released in 1982. The song begins; "If you're feeling down, depressed and lonely, I know a place where we can go. 22 Acacia Avenue..."

Answer: Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 to December 12, 1999) wrote "Catch-22". Published in 1962, it is a satirical, historical novel set at the end of World War II from 1943. In the book, "Catch-22" is a military rule. Heller stated in an interview, "There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr (a pilot) was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to".

"Catch-22" has been called one of the great literary works of the twentieth century

The book was made into a movie in 1970, starring Alan Arkin, Orson Welles, Richard Benjamin, Martin Balsam, Art Garfunkel, Anthony Perkins, Bob Newhart, Martin Sheen and Buck Henry.

Answer: Romania

It's published in Romania. It is a weekly magazine, published by the 'Group for Social Dialogue' and focuses on politics and culture. The magazine was named in memory of December 22, 1989, the day the Romanian communists were ousted.

Answer: Chain

A chain is a unit of length measuring 66 feet or 22 yards (20 meters). There are 10 chains in a furlong, or 80 chains in one mile. The chain has been used for centuries in Britain.

Answer: Quotation Mark

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It is an address of a web page, ftp (File Transfer Protocol) site, audio stream or other Internet resource.

The address http://www.funtrivia.com is a URL and the only one you need for fun.

Answer: Raptor

The F-22 Raptor is an American fighter aircraft using stealth technology. It is manufactured as a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing. The aircraft has multiple capabilities, such as; ground attack, electronic warfare, and intelligence capabilities. The United States Air Force claims that the plane can't be equaled by any known or future aircraft and considers it the critical part of the US strike force.

Answer: Sarah Palin

Sarah Louise Heath Palin was born February 11, 1964. She was the Governor of Alaska from 2006-2009. She was the first female governor of Alaska and the youngest person to be elected governor of that state. Palin was the Republican Party's vice-presidential nominee for the 2008 United States presidential election.

Palin attended Wasilla High School in Wasilla, 44 miles north of Anchorage.
She was on the girls' cross country team and the captain of the girls' basketball team that won the Alaska state championship in 1982.

Answer: Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley (February 20, 1963) is a retired professional basketball player. Barkley played for the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets. He did not wear the appropriate number, but the Sixers and Suns have retired his number. He was named one of the Fifty Greatest Players in NBA History.

Dave DeBusschere (October 16, 1940 to May 14, 2003) is in the NBA Hall of Fame and had been called one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history. He played for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks. The Knicks retired his number.

Elgin Baylor (September 16, 1934) is a retired Hall of Fame basketball player who played 13 seasons as a forward for the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers.

Clyde "the Glide" Drexler (June 22, 1962) is a former National Basketball Association shooting guard. He was named him one of basketball's fifty greatest players. He played for the Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets. His number was retired by both teams.

All four players are in the Hall of Fame.

Answer: The Twilight Zone

The episode aired February 10, 1961. It was the seventeenth show in the program's second season. It dealt with an injured dancer having nightmares about an evil nurse, who invited her to Room 22...the hospital's morgue. She then leaves the hospital and similar events occur at the airport, she then cancels her flight and the plane explodes. The episode starred Barbara Nichols and Jonathan Harris and was written by Rod Serling.

Excluding this sentence the number 22 appears in this quiz 22 times.